Web Start Installer for Solaris 7 11/99 Does Not Install the Netscape Communicator CD Included With Solaris 7 8/99 (4274778)

The Web Start installer in the Solaris 7 11/99 release does not install Netscape from the Netscape^TM Communicator CD included with the Solaris 7 8/99 release. The Web Start installer will prompt you with the following message:

Insert the CD-ROM labeled 'Netscape Communicator 4.51' into the 
CD-ROM drive and continue.

The message appears until you insert the Netscape Communicator CD that is included with the Solaris 7 11/99 release or press the Skip button. If you press the Skip button, Netscape Communicator 4.51 is not installed.

Workaround: You may choose one of the following workarounds:

• If the Netscape Communicator CD included with the Solaris 7 11/99 release is available, insert the CD and continue the installation. To determine if you have the Netscape Communicator CD included with the Solaris 7 11/99 release, look for the following identifying marks:

  • The part number, located under the Sun Microsystems logo on the left side of the CD label, is 704-6912-10.

  • The following text is printed above the phrase " Platform Edition" on the right side of the CD label:

    Netscape Communicator^TM 4.51

    
    

    Java^TM Plug-In 1.1.2

    
    

    Java^TM Plug-In 1.2

    
    

• If the Netscape Communicator CD included with the Solaris 7 11/99 release is not available, manually install Netscape from the Netscape Communicator CD included with the Solaris 7 8/99 release using the installation wizard ("installer") located in the root directory of the Netscape Communicator CD.

• If you do not want to install Netscape, click on the Skip button in the Web Start installer to continue installing the Solaris 7 11/99 operating environment.